U.S. v. Augustine
(guidelines promulgated under Fair Sentencing Act notwithstanding, that
Act's mandatory minimums do not apply to defendants sentenced, or
resentenced under §3582(c)(2), before its enactment) (Supreme Court's
decision in Dorsey did not overrule Baptist and Sykes).

U.S. v. Jennings (efforts to conceal income by using bank account with "deceptive" name (namely, defendant's own real name) was enough for "sophisticated means" enhancement under §2T1.1(b)(2)). UPDATE (4.8.13): Ninth Circuit Blog's analysis here.

U.S. v. Reyes-Ceja
(filed April Fool's Day) (enhancement for being under criminal
sentence, §4A1.1(d), can be applied to deportee "found in" U.S. while
imprisoned).

SCOTUS Focus. On AEDPA grounds, the Court GVR'd a habeas grant by the Ninth Circuit (on a Sixth Amendment claim based on court's failure to appoint counsel for motion for new trial after prior Faretta waivers) in Marshall v. Rodgers. At SCOTUSblog, Adam Chandler take a look at cert.-stage amicus all stars.

Short Circuits and Solid States.

U.S. v. Young (D.C. Ct. App.) (defendant has right to confront forensic scientist who tested DNA evidence, Williams being of "questionable precedential value"). (H/T)

U.S. v. Benjamin (3d Cir.) (felon-in-possession is continuing offense, so possession must be relinquished to support separate convictions). (H/T)

U.S. v. Higgins
(8th Cir.) (prior controlled substance offense did not qualify as
career offender predicate because it was grouped with other state drug
offense that received longer sentence and therefore the criminal history
point). (H/T)

U.S. v. Johnson
(8th Cir.) (unavailability of officer who's report was read into record
for revocation proceedings violated right to confront witnesses). (H/T)

U.S. v. Moya-Breton
(10th Cir.) (unpub'd) (defendant gets Rule 60 relief when he digs up
evidence through FOIA request about plea offer, the existence of which
both government and defense had denied in initial §2255 hearing). (H/T (noting that "[s]omebody could be in big trouble")).

"Defying
DNA: Rethinking the Role of the Jury in an Age of Scientific Proof of
Innocence," Andrea L. Roth, B.U. L. Rev., forthcoming (SSRN).

"The
Emerging Role of Innocence Lawyer and the Need for Role-Differentiated
Standards of Professional Conduct," D. Michael Risinger & Lesley C.
Risinger, from Controversies in Innocence Cases in America, forthcoming (SSRN).